The All India aheer Mahasabha is a

caste A caste is a Essentialism, fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system, individuals are expected to marry exclusively within the same caste (en ...

-based community organisation established on 17 April 1924 to serve a broad body of Indian social groups collectively known as the

Yadav Yadavs are a grouping of non-elite, peasant-pastoral Quote: "The Yadavs were traditionally a low-to-middle-ranking cluster of pastoral-peasant castes that have become a significant political force in Uttar Pradesh (and other northern states l ...

caste. The educated elite among the Yadavs instigated the formation of the All-India Yadav Mahasabha (AIYM) in 1924 in

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. It immediately engaged itself in two issues, appealing to its members in all regions to add ''Yadav'' to their names and at the same time launching a major programme to effect social reform. In the mid-20th century, the AIYM pressed the

Government of India The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of States and union t ...

to form a Yadav regiment in the

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, following the performance of some caste members in the

Sino-Indian War The Sino–Indian War, also known as the China–India War or the Indo–China War, was an armed conflict between China and India that took place from October to November 1962. It was a military escalation of the Sino–Indian border dispu ...

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in Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir on 18 November 1962.

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* {{official website, http://yadavsmovement.in/ Indian caste movements 1924 establishments in India Ahir

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